''Alternate Endings'' is a compilation album by English

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, released 11 August 2008 on

Gut Records Gut Records was a British independent record label, based in Maida Vale in London, England. Formed in 1991, Gut was founded by Guy Holmes, who had been Head of Promotions at Island Records. The first single released on the label, Right Said ...

. It features previously unreleased material,

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, covers and live radio recordings from the previous four years.

Overview

The track "Amethyst" is taken from the band's debut EP, ''

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'', in which it was track five. There was a

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directly after it titled "Hazy Eyes". The version of "Amethyst" on this album is the version from the EP with "Hazy Eyes" also included end of the track. It is not known if this was an error or if this was in fact meant to be on the track listing. The songs "Shinji Ikari", "Fight for US" and "NERV/SEELE" are about the anime ''

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''. Also,

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is the name of the show's main protagonist while NERV and SEELE are the names of the two opposing factions from the series. The cover of "Breaking the Law" originally appeared on '' Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock''. The album also features an enhanced section with various videos featuring backstage footage, music video's and a video of the band answering questions asked by the fans. The digital download version of the album has a slightly different track order, where track 4 is replaced, instead of "Amethyst", "Flotation Therapy" appears which was a b-side to "Floods". The band's drummer Omar Abidi has since claimed that the release was a decision on the part of Gut Records, as a way of getting "every last drop of money out of us" before the band went independent; he argued that he felt that, after only two albums, it seemed arrogant for the band to be releasing such a collection.

Track listing

The last 3 tracks on the album are printed in the wrong order on the inlay but are in the correct order here. All songs written and composed by Fightstar, except where noted.

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''Alternate Endings'':

Fightstar

Charlie Simpson Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is a member of multi- BRIT Award-winning rock band Busted and he is also the lead vocalist and the rhythm guitarist in the British post-hardcore band ...

— lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keys,

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Alex Westaway Alex Westaway (born 1983) is the lead vocalist of Gunship and co-vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Fightstar alongside Charlie Simpson, Omar Abidi and Dan Haigh. Early life Westaway was born and raised in Northamptonshire and attended ...

— lead guitar, vocals, lyrics *

Dan Haigh Dan Haigh (born 5 December 1980) is an English musician, film director, video game designer, writer and visual effects artist. He is best known as co-founder of synthwave band Gunship and as the bass player in the English rock band Fightstar. ...

– bass guitar, design * Omar Abidi – drums, percussion

Production

* Simon Asken - producer (tracks 1, 3, 5) * Nick Fountain —

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(tracks 1, 3, 5) * Jason Wilson at Stakeout Studios – producer, mixing (tracks 2, 7, 8, 12, 13) * Mark Williams – producer, mixing (track 4) * Christian Wyland – producer, mixing (track 6) * Carl Bown – producer, mixing (tracks 9, 11, 14) * Matt Hyde – producer, mixing (tracks 10, 15) * Matt Colton — mastering * Daniel Conway —

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* Craig Jennings — A&R

Chart performance

References

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